Welcome to
Our Website
Welcome to the California Office of Systems
Integration (OSI) website for Best Practices
in the Project Life Cycle. The OSI Best
Practices Website addresses project needs by
providing resources for policies, standards,
guidance, and industry best practices.
About Us
This website provides direction and best
practices guidance for State and consultant
staff of the OSI to manage large-scale
Information Technology (IT) projects. These
best practices represent efficient,
effective, and repeatable processes that
have enabled the OSI to successfully
implement and continuously improve many
large IT projects.
Background
The OSI has aligned its Project Life Cycle business
processes with accepted industry best practices and
methodologies such as the Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineering Computer Society (IEEE),
the International Software Engineering Institute
(SEI), the Project Management Institute (PMI), and
the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Additionally, the OSI leverages the expertise and
experiences of our Project Teams to assist in the
development and improvement of templates,
guidelines, and policies included in this website.
Benefits
The information contained in this website provides
guidance and direction for the OSI, its external
stakeholders or for any organization involved in
large-scale IT systems development projects.
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The
Project Life Cycle (PLC) includes the
necessary steps to complete a project.
The PLC consists of four distinct life
cycles: project management, project
funding approval, acquisition, and
system development.
The
OSI has streamlined and redesigned the
process which surrounds County Advance
Planning Document (APD) handling to
increase efficiency, consistency and
defensibility. The APD ensures timely
decisions with reduced escalations in
the County APD approval process by
developing a single consistent
understandable, and auditable approach
to County APD submissions.
